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Toxicant and Disease Database

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Nasopharyngeal / sino-nasal cancer

Causes    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

formaldehyde

leather dust

nickel

tobacco smoke (active smoking)

tobacco smoke (secondhand)

wood dust

Good Evidence

diisopropyl sulfate

isopropyl oils

PAHs

Limited Evidence

1,4-dioxane

2,4,5-T

acetaldehyde

acetochlor

alachlor

benzene

chlorophenols

chromium (VI)

dibromochloropropane (DBCP)

ethylene dibromide (EDB)

herbicides

hexamethylphosphoramide

hydrazines

MCPA

naphthalene

nitrosamines

pentachlorophenol (PCP)

pesticides

propylene oxide

radium

sulfur mustard (mustard gas)

Notes

+ - Group 1 human carcinogen, # - Group 2A human carcinogen, ^ - Group 2B human carcinogen (IARC)